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Parish Magazine Cornworthy May 2020

From the Editors: Thank you! Thank you to all those who have sent in pictures and accounts of their past month. And many thanks to those who are helping to distribute these last two months’ mags via the internet. Please feel free to share this magazine with as many people in your village or elsewhere who you think would like to receive it. In this time of unrelenting global sadness, fear and tragedy words fail. What can we write of any use? During April people have shared experiences, inspirational thoughts, creative ideas and downright silly moments. So this magazine is about sharing with you those emails and Facebook stories that we have received. Sharing brings us strength. The strength we’ll need to “stay home, guard the NHS and save lives”. The first Facebook story is from Sally V incent, Dittisham: Lambing Under Lock Down in the Never Ending Rain.

No one knows how long it will last, when it will end. And it is the same right across the world. Suzu-Chan in Tokyo, an 10 April 2020 architect student, house bound now with her mother and brother, tells me she is learning to knit! And yet, things on the farm continue unchanged. Lambing simply goes ahead as Lock Down usual. Lambing!

Lock Down Lambing ! Triplets! Here we are lambing for the last time but in the strangest of Handsome Hercule circumstances! No cars hoot on the corner by our gate, no planes or The magnificent Hercule has done a wonderful job yet again helicopters buzz overhead. No distant whistle of the steam this year. He will leave us later in the summer when eventually train across the river. No one walks by calling greetings over the sheep sales reopen. A gentle fellow, he has had his time with the hedge, no one drops in with kids to see the lambs, to have a us. He is by now too closely related to our flock to be able to cup of tea or a glass of wine. No friends for supper, no Sunday run with the ladies again next year. So the time has come for greetings in church: only isolation and “lock down”. him to move on to pastures new to beget yet more beautiful pedigree Whiteface Dartmoor lambs on fields afar. But everything has changed. Now we must print out a form from the NFU if we are to travel to the local farm shop to buy As ewes graze quietly on the top fields, their lambs animal feed. We must consider carefully if we really need to playing together in the sun, it’s so difficult to believe we are leave the house. Should we risk the town or order from the living in such strange and frightening times. I look across the village shop? Do we need to go shopping or can we make do hills to Dartmoor in the misty distance and the with what we have in garden, fridge and freezer? Can we sign below; not a person in sight. Just the baaing of sheep across the up to get medication delivered or is the service overwhelmed valley and maybe the sound of a solitary distant tractor way already? above me on a neighbour’s farm. It is so hard to believe what is happening across the world. But then, once home, I look again at the news and the grim reality hits hard.

Lambing is tiring, full on, relentless; early mornings, late nights. But this year we are so grateful we have our sheep to care for. We have space around us, hard work, long days, short nights. The animals know nothing of this madness. They centre So glad am I that I love gardening ! us and keep us, oh, so grounded and busy. So many questions, so many challenges to all those things we have taken for granted over the years. We will surely find ourselves in a very different world out there when the lock- down is finally lifted.

For more adventures in small holding and g a r d e n d e l i g h t s g o t o http://www.rainingsideways.com

Donkeys sun themselves outside their barn.

Chickens peck through the orchard. The yearlings graze quietly on the top fields and Hercule and the boys relax on their hillside. And down in the yard still more lambs are born. The sun continues to shine and grass is growing at last. Here is a message from Keith Bull, Ashprington. Just a volume can be easily ramped up. few months ago he provided an article about The Rotary The commissioning of a second laser cutter next week will and their work in the community. His report on recent double David's capability. work is inspiring. Thank you, Keith. Yesterday we were able to deliver 100m of the specialised elastic which allows the visors to be adjusted for Whilst my Rotary Club in South Africa is tackling a huge maximum comfort which is so important during extended problem in helping to support 50,000+ people in the two periods of wear. This material is in short supply locally and I townships where we live in Hout Bay.....all living in close would like to express our thanks to Rebecca and Nick Ingoe of proximity to each other in shacks and other poor living 'Ultimate Fabrics' in who were able to source the conditions, I thought it would good to let you know what material from one of their specialist customers in Scotland! Alison's club here in are doing! This will allow David to quickly finish and deliver another 50+ A few weeks ago, as a result of the close association urgently needed visors. with KEVICCS school, a request was received to support one The photo below is from two grateful recipients of the of the teachers (David Irish) who was producing protective 'type 1' (with the special 'comfort' bands) at Torbay Hospital face masks for front-line workers using 3D printing in his own Paediatric Department. home. As a result the club funded the purchase of an additional three printers and the necessary materials, which has made a huge difference to the number of masks he is able to produce. To date David Irish has built and delivered over 100 3D Printed visors to: Leatside Surgery, Dartmouth Health Centre, Totnes Ambulance Service Crews Puddevine Care Home Totnes Doctors Locums Second Care home in Totnes.

David is receiving more enquiries each day and we expect the final figure to exceed 250-300 individual users. Each item will last approx. max of 2+ weeks of continual use and then need to be replaced. We are currently sourcing adjustable elastic for the visor fittings and we should be able to get that to David Safer tomorrow. That will allow him to deliver an additional 50 now visors immediately. at David is manufacturing two types of visor: Puddavine Court Type 1: 3D Printed and optimised for continuous use by Nursing nurses, doctors, and others who need to be protected for a Home. whole shift. These are designed for comfort and are robust and can be re-sanitised so that they can last for a period of time. They are from a proven 'open source' design, made available from Europe. They have already already been delivered to over 200 very grateful NHS and related front line staff in Totnes, Torbay and Dartmouth, including Health Centres, Doctors, Nurses, Ambulance crews, specialist care home staff and as at this morning they will also be provided to the local 'Boot's' Pharmacists. David will continue to produce the visors to replace the initial supply ones as they become worn-out. Our additional purchased 3 machines should come fully on stream next week and these will significantly increase the production rate. Later that day: “Morning Kathi, if anyone wishes to donate to Type 2: These are a 'lighter use' variant, designed to be worn this project I have checked with the President and Treasurer when necessary in place such as Care Homes or NHS facilities who have said that any donations will go towards buying more not directly COVID-19 focused. They can be produced more materials to make more masks. The Treasurer has set a donate rapidly by Laser Cutter rather than 3D printer and as such the button on the website www.totnesrotary.co.uk All the money contributed will go to just this project.” A Free Verse Poem received from Simon, one of our Churchwardens in Ashprington. Received by him in an Easter card, authorship unknown - but later found with an internet search.

And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal. And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.

From the internet:The poem was written last month – in March 2020 – by Kitty O’Merara, a former teacher and chaplain from Wisconsin, in trying to process the worsening news surrounding the catastrophic spread of the coronavirus. When interview by Oprhra Winfrey she said "We can wallow where we are or we can see the invitations. Anything that you can tap into that allows your feelings to be expressed creatively will do that for you.Y ou will feel better on the other end of it.Y ou will be changed,"

From a friend in Taunton (not his bookshelf!). His email subject: ‘Carefully filed books !’ The English Patient HAD Caught IT ON THE BEACH I SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME She Said NOW She Was IN QUARANTINE In The Dark HOUSE OF SPLENDID ISOLATION STILL Hope Springs Eternal WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK COMMON SENSE AND Personal Hygiene HORROR STORIES MUST END SOON ALWAYS REMEMBER CLEAN HANDS SAVE LIVES AND WHEN IN DOUBT DON’T GO OUT! Easter 2020. That was a challenge. The Totnes Clergy Team and the Dartmouth Benefice Team used technology from their homes to celebrate Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Day. Sharing these celebrations in isolation will be one of the great Lock Down Memories so thank you to our Clergy. Directions to the “box set” of services and future services can be found on page 10 of this magazine. From those Easter Services there is an abiding image of Rev’d Steve (below)lighting the Pascal Candle on the Saturday night from his garden. Then of course there were all those ......

WONDERFUL EASTER BONNETS

8:00 pm 11 April 2020

Easter Morning 12 April 2020 Ashprington’s Easter Bonnet Parade

Many thanks to Jill Davies for organising this wonderful show and to all those who joined in. Start your design now for 4th of April 2021. Thank you for the emails reflecting on the great flood of kindness being shown and the gratitude for the life that we are living in caring communities. These are memories to last a lifetime and may be an inspiration for those in years to come. As we would have been celebrating the heroics that led to V E Day so we can celebrate the determination being shown by us in our time now.

Nurses, and doctors too And let me tell you I'm not How many hours did ashamed to say, I lie in bed There are tears in my eyes Just listening to you And I pray they will be okay. When I was so ill That it was all that I could Doctors and nurses coming Possibly do. off shift. Heroes and givers of life. Of course I never knew Now do tell if you know of a more The medical terminology Perfect gift ? But it seem reasonable Kevin Pyne, Dartmouth To assume 17 April 2020 That it was about saving me. THE VILLAGE I LOVE The clever surgeon Hi all villagers of Ashprington and Tuckenhay, So skilled with the knife Just a quick message from me. If you need anything, groceries, Who merely said medicines or just a phone call to cheer up your day just call me: "How are you today? " Stuart on 01803732994 or 07506249373. Yet never ever said I love the community that we live in, both Ashprington "Oh by the way I saved your life". and Tuckenhay, and the diverse personalities that live among us. I am so blessed and proud of you all. Yes, I would love to be at Or the nurses that came church this Easter or meeting you in the pub for a drink but it is And checked the bank of not going to happen, yet. Monitors and machines I have been coming to this village since I was born and I Full nurses in blue, have met so many characters that have defined this village. Auxiliaries in green. People like Sheila Lee, my Grandad, Mr and Mrs Green (Laurence's mum and dad), and so many more over the years. Or when it was I nearly died Recently, we have lost one of these wonderful characters: A buzzer buzzed as in seconds Marjorie Bellingham. I know the struggles they went through The medics around my bed were so much more obvious than what we are going through Tripled not just multiplied. now. I never saw the people I have just mentioned complain, The army doctor who took moan, or stop doing what was necessary. These are people from Away the pipe in my throat the past that have made this community what I believe it is and Attached to a ventilator add to the lump I feel of happiness when I think about our Telling me "I would take villages. One day, I hope our young people will feel this way The first breath of rest of my too. Life "which I spluttered to take We will get over this. We will do it together. The old Just seconds later. before us struggled and overcame and now it is our turn to overcome so we may show our young people how they will Or the cleaning lady who overcome in their time of need. Knocked me off an extra We can do this together as a community, helping each Orange juice other out as we need. A message to you, everyone in this Made me shave extended family, all of you in the Parish. Thank you for what And wouldn't listen to you have done and what we are going to continue to do. For Any excuse. your bravery in our struggle, this time, and every time. Now because of the virus There are many of us who know people who have been I see them on the TV affected and have lost those we care about in this taxing time. Fighting big bad death for My heart and prayers go out to you. They will not be forgotten. Others just as they once did for me. We are all very blessed to live in this community and I want to thank you all for being you; I am so proud of every one of you. Stuart Greaves, Ashprington, 10 April 2020 Good morning Ashprington & Tuckenhay Villagers as well as all AVENUE COTTAGE our Village Volunteers, Richard Pitts who is one of our volunteers very kindly let Pam This is the fourth weekly update of what is going on in and I take our daily exercise walking in his beautiful garden the villages in these difficult times. I have had some very with its lovely azaleas, acers, magnolias and views across to supportive comments about this little newsletter, so thank Sharpham House and the Dart. He has very generously offered you. other villagers a similar experience. If you would like to do The Ashprington & Tuckenhay Community Response this PLEASE CALL RICHARD FIRST on 732 769 Group shopping requests have really come on over the last SCRUBS week, which is great news. We continue to get offers to There are ten volunteers volunteer, we could do with just a few more under 70 year olds making scrubs, which to go on the shopping rota during the week. The idea of the apparently is enough for the rota is that you do your own shopping on the day you choose material available. Jennifer and at the same time do a volunteer shop for someone else. S t r i c k l a n d a n d Pa m Please contact me if you can help. Mallalieu are cutting the With some of the money from the Prompt Action material and will pass it on Fund granted by we sourced some to other volunteers to do alcohol hand gel for our shoppers. This has been distributed to the sewing. Pam Macey is each volunteer shopper. coordinating the sewers The Ashprington & Tuckenhay Defibrillator Bank and distributors of the Account is now up and running to make shopping payments to scrubs - bright and crazy volunteers and from recipients of shopping. So if you have colours coming soon. online or telephone banking please use this system. We will QUIZ Marion Foster is the give you the bank details. proud winner of the IF YOU WANT HELP WITH ESSENTIAL SHOPPING, competition with a score of 18/20 , well done MEAL DELIVERY, PRESCRIPTION COLLECTION, HELP Marion.Answers: 1.Iceland; 2.Bahrain; 3.Turkey; 4. Croatia; FINDING ADVICE, TELEPHONE BEFRIENDING or DOG 5. Guinea; 6.Greece; 7.Cuba; 8.Chile; 9.Wales; WALKING PLEASE CALL US ON 10.Phillipines; 11. Argentina; 12.St. Vincent; 13.Brazil; 07814 767915 (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm) 14.Thailand; 15.Iran; 16.Faroe Islands; 17.Bulgaria; or email [email protected] 18.Canada; 19.Madagascar; 20.Belgium If you have a shopping requirement it would help us OTHER NEWS enor mously if it could be sent in by email to Very good reports about the Railway Curry from the Durant . [email protected] as this speeds up the process. You Well done The Durant keep this going please. Please also should expect the shopping to be delivered the day after you support their brilliant “Pop up Shop”. request it, providing the request is made by 4 p.m. the day we I haven't attached the food and other suppliers list this week as receive it. there are no known changes but I will leave the copy in the Bus VIRTUAL COFFEE MORNING Shelter. Mark Lobb's fish delivered yesterday was extremely We had more songs from Gavin and Jo Middlewood last good. Thursday. Please try and join, Jon Allen will help you set up the FOOD 8x8 programme just email of phone us on the help line. With the difficulty getting yeast why not have a go at making Joining Instructions for Virtual Coffee Morning Sourdough Bread? https://foodbodsourdough.com. If you have a Smart Phone with a camera or a Laptop with If you would like a starter to get yours going please let me Camera running Chrome you can join. If you can't join by know. Here’s one made earlier: : Video you can join by telephone. Click the following link to Alternatively I am told that the Sourdough at the Emily's Pop join the meeting, if on a phone this will force the download of Up Shop is excellent. an App to your phone. Once the app has downloaded click on If you know of any neighbours who would like to be added to the link below again to join the meeting. This will open the App receive this update please let me know. you will join the meeting. This can be done in advance of 10.30 Thanks and keep safe if required. Nick Mallalieu on behalf of The Ashprington & Tuckenhay T h i s l i n k i s t h e m e e t i n g r o o m . Community Response Group 22/04/20 https://8x8.vc/ashprington/jon.allen To view everyone on the call click the 3 dots on the right hand side at the bottom, click options, more options and click enable tile view. If you just want to dial in on your phone dial this number 0330 808 1706 Once called enter this number to enter the meeting PIN: 665 410 03#. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to give Jon a call on 732130 or 07917 424300 ASH MEADOW NEWS COVID-19:Ash Meadow remains open for use by all our community, for play, relaxation, or a bit of exercise. In this rapidly changing situation advice/regulations may change, so please be aware of this. But please follow the advice we have all been given about keeping a safe distance from others. If you use the exercise or play equipment, please wash your hands or use hand sanitisers afterwards. Air Ambulance Landing Site Appeal:Our community has responded to this appeal in a truly outstanding fashion. With a target of £2,500, the local appeal has raised a total of £2,340 so far, which leaves just £160 to go before the Autumn. With such a positive result so far, the planning application has been submitted. A huge thank you to all the members of our community who have donated, and to Devon Air Ambulance, Devon County Council, District Council and Ashprington and Tuckenhay Parish Council who have variously provided grant aid and practical support for this project. Further donations welcome! Cheques payable to Ashprington Parish Council (write “Community landing site appeal” on the back), can be sent to Barry Lunt, Coombe Barn, Ashprington TQ9 7UL. Or donate through our page on www.gofundme.com (search for "Ashprington night landing site"). Annual General Meeting:For now we have put the AGM on hold, hopefully till the Autumn. Instead I will provide a “chair's report” on Ash Meadow activities and finances for 2019 What could this be? in next month's parish magazine and I will be happy to answer Now here is a lockdown project for those who like to walk and any questions anyone may have following that. research. This stone trough has been uncovered in Tuckenhay. Wishing you all the best of health and peace of mind in these Near to the Old Mill and visible from the road it would be troubling times. Barry Lunt, Chair, Ash Meadow Committee interesting to know more about it. It has recently come to light during a general tidying. Please let the editor know and information will be passed on.

WHAT COULD BE BETTER?

Life begins the day you start a garden.

a Chinese Proverb and click + Join Our Church Buildings You will be able to watch and participate in the service and message in prayer requests. One of the saddest aspects of the lockdown is the decision to close church buildings. Not even our clergy are allowed to go COMING SOON…. Totnes Mission YouTube channel which in. Hopefully in an early stage of the relaxation of lockdown will be linked to the church website. ALSO COMING we will be able to re-open for visitors (not services). In the SOON…. Sunday Service by Telephone. meantime we continue to wind the clock, put up the flag, ring a bell, and pay our organists, cleaning and maintenance workers. Most days the building is checked to make sure that all is well. So we look forward to a day when we can use the church building to commemorate the great sacrifices that have been made and the lives that have been lost during this time. Also we look forward to using the church to celebrate a return to meeting together in common purpose. During Easter a prayer board was installed in the porch at St David’s Church. Hand sanitiser, paper towels, pen and paper are available next to the board. Please continue to use this board in the many weeks to come. Your prayers are called in to the clergy of the team and read out during a virtual service on Wednesday and Sunday. The recorded services each Sunday, until further notice, are broadcast at 11:15 am on Facebook from either the Rev’d Deborah Parsons’ or the Rev’d Steve Jones’s study. If you would like to watch those services, please take the following steps: 1. On Facebook search for Steven Charles Jones and ‘Add Friend Request’. 2. Or, on Facebook search for Totnes Anglican Live Worship

Sent in by St David’s PCC Secretary - The Lighter Side of Easter this year. The Ashprington Airmen. death his widow and daughter moved back to Cornwall. Julia The three wooden crosses on the War Memorial for the month Chope died in 1983. of May commemorate three airmen who lost their lives during World War Two. Leading Aircraftsman Wallace Hutchings 116725, RAF Volunteer Reserve. LAC Hutchings was either aircraft maintenance or trainee aircrew. He was the son of George and Annie Hutchings and nephew of Gunner Thomas Hutchings and Private Ernest Hutchings who were killed in the First World War. He lived in a thatched cottage, demolished in 1956 and replaced by Coombe Cottage, opposite the former Post Office and worked for the Rogers family at Coombe Farm. According to the Malta Memorial LAC Hutchings was killed in a 'Raid or Sortie' somewhere in the Mediterranean area on December 2nd 1943 aged 38. He has no known grave and was the only Ashprington airman killed by enemy action. Sergeant Stephen Richard Life 1701209, 115 Squadron RAF Volunteer Reserve. Sergeant Life was the son of Thomas Ford Life and Lily Lousisa life of Peeke's Cottage, Washbourne. His father was a blacksmith and he was a nephew of Private Stephen Life who was killed the First World War. From an early age Stephen Life wanted to fly. He worked as a mechanic at Reeves' timber yard in Totnes before joining the RAFVR in 1943. He qualified as a flight engineer and flew in Lancaster bombers in raids on German industrial sites in 115 Squadron. On March 24th 1944, the day of the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III, Sgt. Life was badly wounded while flying in a Lancaster on a raid on Nuremberg in what proved to be Bomber Command's worst day. Over 700 bombers took part, 95 were lost, and 595 airmen killed. While recovering from his wounds Sgt. Life took a sailing boat out in the Wash and was, according to his death certificate, 'found drowned having lost his life on the 11th June 1944 by the accidental overturning of a sailing boat', at Denver The Parish Council feel it is important to mark VE Day Sluice, Downham. He was nineteen years old and unmarried. especially during these difficult times. So, with this in Sgt. Life is buried in Cambridge City Cemetery. mind we have arranged for a short acknowledgement on Leading Aircraftsman Norman Chope Friday May the 8th. 1184666 RAF Volunteer Reserve. LAC Norman Chope was the son of Matthew John Chope and At 2.40 in the afternoon an air raid siren will sound out Ellen Chope of Perchwood Cottages, Tuckenhay, one of a pair across the villages letting us know that 6 minutes of of tied cottages of Perchwood Farm. His father worked as a Churchill speeches will be played out across the village driver for the Manning family who owned Perchwood Farm loud enough for everyone to hear from their garden, and the cider works, quay and coal and manure stores. Stay tuned for further announcements once the national Norman went to Ashprington School and grew into a tall man. celebrations have been finalised. I hope you all can join He worked for the Lewis family, builders, of us. Washbourne. In 1941 he married Julia Mahala Chope, from St Tudy, Cornwall, a former nanny to the Dakers family at Yetson House and had a daughter named Judy. In 1945 LAC Chope was inoculated so that he could be sent abroad to Europe or the Far East. He developed septicaemia and died several weeks later at the age of thirty two. He is buried in St David's Churchyard, Ashprington, in an unusual RAF grave which is regularly maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. After LAC Chope's The Cornworthy Community By now, all Cornworthy Parish residents should have received 'The Orange Leaflet detailing numbers to ring if help is needed during these unusual and difficult times. The numbers are repeated below. Volunteers In these strange times we are so very fortunate to live in this village. We have all received so much kindness and concern We now have a good list of volunteers willing to from all around us and, too, we have been blessed with brilliant undertake various tasks including shopping, fetching weather. I am sure we have all enjoyed longer conversations prescriptions, dog walking and so on for those most in need. with our neighbours, we have more time to linger and fewer We are covering both Totnes and Dartmouth chemists and deadlines to make! However, I am also aware that many people supermarkets. Volunteers have been kept just moderately busy are still working hard from home and, for them, life may not so far as many in the village already have an excellent network have changed so much. of friends, neighbours and family who are providing these I have been making a diary to pass on to my family, things. noting down various events. The Hunters has provided wonderful, convenient and safe shopping for us plus delicious We would like to extend our regular catch ups and takeaways. It has been a real departure for them and a whole phone-ins to those on their own and who may be self isolating. new way of life. We are very grateful that Sue and Graham have We can do this by phone, e mail, FaceTime or Zoom. Let us felt able to undertake this. Friday night is disco night and Mark know if you'd like that contact or know someone who would. It and Sue Hubbard have rigged up a system that allows the whole can really make a difference to someone's day! village to boogie for an hour to the music of their choice. Some Contact [email protected] You can volunteer great light relief. Register your favourites with them! We here too. would also like to welcome the new families in our village, Martin, Georgie and their two children, Ella and Charlie and Shopping & Take Aways. The Hunters Lodge shop in Jo, Alice and baby Otto. I think they are finding Cornworthy Cornworthy (aka Arkwright’s!) has become a lifeline to many quite an experience! and a thriving hub in the heart of the community. Here you can We all miss the church services but continue to get a good range of fresh fruit and vegetables, good quality acknowledge its importance in our community. Paul rang a meat and fish, dairy and eggs as well as some grocery and single bell on Easter Sunday. Recently Deborah officiated at household items. The list grows according to demand and the burial of Dorothy Waye. It was very moving even spaced orders can be also made up for collection. out as we had to be. Because of the location overlooking the farm and Devon hills and pastures and the beautiful day it felt Sue and Grahame's baking talents are being put to the very best we could achieve in the circumstances. Our love good use too with regular offerings of freshly baked bread, pies and sympathy are with the family. ( We hope to address access and sausage rolls as well as delicious cakes, bakes and creme to this new site when the PCC next meets later in the year ) patisserie fruit pies. New items are being baked all the time, I am sure we all notice birdsong more and also the but be warned, they are literally selling like hot cakes so you finer details of nature. In Delhi they have blue skies, clean air to need to be quick! In addition from Wednesday to Saturday breathe and the water quality is vastly improved. However, there is a take away menu using an allotted collection time there is a huge price and human cost to pay in all this. But system. Tel: 01803 732204 maybe, just maybe, when we get back to normal ( whatever that may prove to be ) we won't forget the environmental gains Keeping in touch For those on Facebook there are and now they have been brought into sharper focus perhaps pages for Cornworthy Village, Cornworthy Parish Council and there can be a way we can all work together on the future of this Hunters Lodge which is a great way of keeping up to date with planet. what's going on and useful information. Join if you haven't already and get involved! "From quiet homes and first beginnings Out to the undiscovered ends There are also new websites for Cornworthy Village There's nothing worth the wear of winning and Parish Council (see details below). Just a note here that the But laughter and the love of friends" Parish Council has cancelled all monthly meetings until it is safe to hold them again. In the meantime, all councillors will To end, a prayer for all those who work in the NHS and stay in office until the Annual General Meeting next May when carers - who work with great courage and compassion, risking elections take place. their own lives on a daily basis. Not forgetting all the key workers who keep us safe and supplied with everything we Community Events Most Cornworthy residents will have need. We need to hold them fast in our hearts. heard the street-based 'Village Disco' on Friday evenings at Caroline Hunt 5.30pm featuring a requested playlist which provides a 'Happy Hour' at the end of the week.There are also short weekly workouts from Anna-Lisa (Ant and Jenny's daughter) on the village Facebook page to work off a Hunters sausage roll!

Last, but not least, there is the Thursday night applause for our wonderful NHS and careworkers. This has enormous support and brings us all together in a harmonious combination of clapping, drumming and dog barking. So loud, it can be heard in Ashprington. Well done guys! For help and information: Linda Maby (01803 732731); Tony Kirkland (01803 732877); Steve Hunt (01803 732851); Becky Fry (01803 722654) E mail: [email protected] Websites: Cornworthy Village cornworthy.com Parish Council cornworthy.com/parishcouncil/

Winston joining in on a Thursday evening Dorothy Vera Waye

A Cornworthy life.

Sadly we said goodbye to our wonderful mother this week. She really was a special person who was born in Cornworthy, lived most of her life in Cornworthy,and has returned to Cornworthy at the end of an era. She was buried at her beloved church yard at St Peter’s Church and has joined her Father Phillip Howard, Mother Gladys Howard, along with her grand parents Albert& Ellen Howard, both born in 1875 ,also her uncle Edwin. Mum enjoyed her school days at the village school (now the Village Hall) and saw out most of the Second World War in the village. She worked at Tuckenhay Paper Mill when she was a young girl and was a real character in the village. She was the eldest of 8 children, John, Maureen, Royston,Vivien, Derek,Irene and Joy. Many of her favourite times were going to all the surrounding villages to the whist drives and dances. She had many good times in Bow Hall in Tuckenhay (now the Waterman's Arms). I remember lots of stories she told me about village life and one of her favourites was when Leonard Boyce used to Mum and her brother John drive his cattle through the village and always stop to chat to her at the stable door of Island House. Mum had the pleasure to live in numerous houses in the village including Jaspers cottages, Glebe House, Newlands(where I think she was born), and finally at Island House. Mum was a people person who always put others before herself and we all will miss her terribly. Later in life she became a carer in the community and had a wonderful way with the older generation, she was also a district carer throughout the South Hams. One of her many other passions were her grandchildren, and with 13 she always had time for them, popping in to see her when they could and as a daughter-in -law I am truly honoured to have known her, as she treated me like her own daughter. Mum really was one in a million a great mother, grandmother, and great-great grandmother. I would like to thank Deborah Parsons, our vicar and Stuart Drake of Drakes of Torbay for a wonderful send off service at the churchyard in these difficult times and look Happy times with Nick, forward to a memorial service at St Peter’s in the future when Mum’s youngest son. life gets back to normal. With fondest memories, JulieW aye From the editor: Hold onto your From our Countryside seat dear countyside correspondent. The Dictionary of Saints does not Correspondent: Instructions from the include a St Gervatius. And the 13th editor are 'be jolly'. Difficult sometimes but, it means, of May is dedicated to Euthymius the according to our beloved friend Google: “to be cheerful and Enlightener. However, entering the encourage people along.” That is something which could be warning about shearing into the a description of the countryside! search bar, up comes the reference to The writer of this column is self-isolating so any The Handbook of Every Day Gipsy observation of what is happening in the countryside is limited Fortune Telling and is listed in the to the admittedly wide sweep outside the yurt! Observation sayings for the month of May. tells me that in two of the very large fields cultivation has been Reading further in the Handbook there is a going on so now I am having a quiet bet with myself as to what recommendation for the day upon which you should cut will come up. Oil seed rape is probably a non-starter as are fingernails: any kind of beans – so my money is on corn which taken pedantically can mean wheat, oats or barley. Watch this space in a few months time. So we are the country dwellers the most fortunate So perhaps by next month we will know the day people in the land. Times are difficult and some of us are upon which the government cut theirs. No mention of finding the going tough. But take a look, if you can at the nearly biting them given in the handbook. newborn lambs. I am reminded of that lovely poem of my childhood written by the dreamer William Blake. “Little Lamb who made thee, Dost thou know who made thee, Gave thee life and bid Gardening for Wildlife by The thee feed by the stream and o'er the mead, Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing woolly bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making Untidy Gardeners all the vales rejoice!” There is nothing more jolly than a group of It was great to read about all the environmental activities that little lambs. are going on across the parishes in last month's magazine. I'm So we could also look up to the skies clear of vapour sure the trees at Hillside will have welcomed the recent rain. trails and it does seem that the light is brighter, the birds are After nearly four weeks of dry, sunny and sometimes singing more and the newly minted green of the trees is quite windy weather the rain has also been welcomed by our brighter too. burgeoning gardens. There are many creatures emerging too. So perhaps we wonder what, taking into account the This month we thought we would delight your senses with a strange lives we now lead, the farming fraternity are doing so few pictures. here is a quote straight from a nearby farmer. “Farming still goes on regardless of the lock down. Farmers are natural self- Ferns grew from isolators so for most of them it is just a question of more people this to THIS. in the house. But perhaps we could learn from them that we just need to carry on, just get on with it and food will continue to be produced. There is sufficient.”. The editor's suggestion of jollity moved me to lug out Dr. Johnson's Dictionary, two large leather bound volumes of it. According to the Dr. Johnson, the 18th century lexicographer whose dictionary has now been consulted, jolly means “Gay; merry; airy; cheerful; lively and jovial”. He backs this up with the following quote from Shakespeare “Like a jolly troop of huntsmen come our lusty English” So, although hunting is frowned upon and anyway it is the wrong time of year keep your eyes open if taking your walk. There was a large and beautiful dog fox sitting in the field by my yurt the other day. So we have all made it to May the month of flowers and bees. It was once said “Who shears his sheep before Saint Gervatius Day(May 13th) loves more his wool than his sheep.” To be really helpful can anyone tell this column who Gervatius was? And the Honesty (St Peter’s Pence) flowering ....and a Peacock - M. Peary get its socks off. your recording book out. The bird feeder is close to shrubs. The sparrows love it as they St George’s Dittisham: can dart into cover very quickly (hence no birds on the feeder – Such a different April this year , one that we will all look back they were chattering away in the bushes waiting for me to go on with mixed emotions. No Palm Sunday procession through away!) Fat balls are favourite at the moment. the village, but instead we were able to follow Palm Sunday Eucharist streamed from Father Will's home, holding our beautiful palms handmade in Dartmouth. No Patronal Festival On April 23rd to mark St. George's Day, but a special Eucharist to celebrate not only the Patron Saint of but also our own Patron Saint. Facebook clearly does have a positive side. The devastating decision to close our churches was difficult for many to digest. Our wonderful clergy, however, have speedily perfected their IT skills. As we entered Holy Week we were able to enjoy a series of daily reflections from Rev’d. Diana Crook, Father Andrew and Father Bob - each one different from the other and each one calming and thought provoking. On Maundy Thursday Father Will celebrated the Lord's supper from his balcony and on Good Friday a group of parishioners and the clergy gave a reading of the liturgy of the Lord's Passion - this was recorded via Zoom then posted onto Facebook - a lot of clever stuff going on! As Easter Day broke At least five hedgehogs were sighted in Capton late last Father Will and his family lead the Easter Vigil in most Autumn. These two are looking very well this Spring. atmospheric conditions as the fire was lit. This was followed by virtual breakfast hosted by the Hazlewood family and attended, again, via the magic of Zoom, by some hardy early birds of the parish. The Easter morning Eucharist was streamed on a gloriously sunny morning and Father Will and family were in good voice as always as we joined in the singing with them from our homes - For Thine Be The Glory - although there was no Easter egg hunt this year, the service was joyous and optimistic. Easter week continued with the readings and services which have brought solace to many of us in the village, once we have grappled with the technology. Spring has certainly not been halted by Covid -19. The village has, for most of the month, been bathed in sunshine. Trees are in blossom and Mother Nature's green mantle grows brighter by the day. Tulips are shining like jewels and swathes of bluebells light up the village with their vibrant colour. There is a very healthy population of slow worms in the Wonderful little kindnesses , The Easter Bunny aka garden.They hide under some old carpet that has been down Gail, delivered posies and chocolate eggs to doorsteps around on some rough grass for many years. the Village on Easter Day, shine through amidst the negative stories fed to us. Penny and Brigitte at The Red Lion are keeping the Village going with so many kindnesses including food deliveries and a delicious selection of takeaway meals which we understand are brightening the day of many - fish and chips appears to be the most popular choice. The shelves in the shop are fuller than ever, there are regular fresh fish deliveries from Brixham each week together with fresh meat deliveries several times each week. They must be one of the few shops with a plentiful supply of flour too for all the budding bread makers in the village. Thank you Penny, Brigitte and team. If you have any comments or pictures We are blessed to live in such a wonderful village and please email them to us: we are grateful to those who followed government guidelines [email protected]. and stayed away from their second homes and we will look forward to welcoming them back when the time is right. Happy Wild Gardening. Best wishes to all, Charlotte Parish Council Meeting Held on 12 August 2004 Present: Councillor 2 members of the public.

Apologies were received from. Dittisham Parish Council Planning: No 2998300SI399 Coronavirus Support Information The Parish Council is taking an overview of the parish response to the coronavirus outbreak.We want to ensure that members of the parish and visitors receive the most effective information and support to stay healthy, and are able to access the support they require. We cannot offer medical advice or assistance. Should you have non-medical questions or concerns please contact any of the Parish Council to discuss.There are many other informal and more formal active community networks providing support: including local businesses, St George's Church, and Sustainable Dittisham, that can also support local needs.

COVID-19 Volunteers Dartmouth Caring is co-ordinating volunteers to deliver two essential services during the COVID-19 outbreak, specifically: 1. food shopping and/or prescription collection and delivery for those unable to do so themselves (e.g. due to self-isolating) 2. telephone befriending, to help those struggling with a lack of social contact. Please register with Dartmouth Caring if you need help, or can offer help: Register via the Dartmouth Caring website (preferred) or phone 01803 835 384.

Notes from the Monthly Meeting on Wednesday 4 March 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Present: Cllrs Faulkner (meeting Chair), Bond, and Green, Devon County Cllr Hawkins, six members of the public, and A Thom (Clerk). The request from Blackberry Cottage for Key to Lockable Post was agreed.The request for members of South West Gaffers to again camp on The Ham / stay in campervans in The Ham car park from Friday 14 August to leave by Monday 17 August, to participate in Dittisham Regatta was approved. Members of the public were present to request the Parish Council's support for an application to register as a new Public Right of Way the pedestrian access between Riverside Road, just west of the Football Field, to The Level. This request will be on the April agenda. A resident raised their concern that many sensor activated lights in the village illuminate the roads. They said that this is not legal and that the lights need to be adjusted so that they illuminate only the private property, and requested DPC take action. South Hams District Council Councillor Deferred in the absence of Cllr McKay. Devon County Council Councillor DCC's annual budget increases its Council Tax demand by the maximum of 3.9 recurring percent. Storm Dennis did two to three hundred thousand pounds damage to roads. Cllr Hawkins has had several meetings with a group trying to improve the transport system in the Dartmouth area. They are hoping to access some of a pot of one million pounds, to spend on a community bus service linking Dartmouth, communities and Totnes, with the Willows. The planning application for the Dartmouth Health and Well Being Centre will be submitted later this month. The bottom level of the Riverview Nursing Home is being rented for use as a small care home. Use of the Dartmouth Food Bank has rocketed and they are seeing 12- 15 cases per week. A small police station office will be located next door to the Ambulance station. The Mayflower 400th anniversary commemoration plans are progressing well.Cllrs raised concersn about the proposed loss of the red diesel subsidy - advised a matter to raise with Anthony Mangnall MP,m and replacement of the teardrop road marking at the Sportsmans Arms following the recent roadworks. Communications from SHDC in relation to planning/tree applications. o 3857/19/LBC Lilac Cottage The Level Dittisham TQ6 0ES. Listed Building Consent for minor amendments to approved scheme 0277/19/LBC for renovation of existing cottage. Conditional Approval. o 4056/19/HHO River Creek Lower Street Dittisham TQ6 0HY. Retrospective householder application for cantilevered balcony with metal balustrading to accommodate outward opening doors on first floor extension (approved 18/1490/09/F). Conditional Approval. o 0235/20/NMM Cott Farm Barn Dittisham TQ6 0JQ. Non material amendment to approved application 18/1015/09/F. Conditional Approval.o 0618/20/TEX Firebird, The Level, Dittisham, Devon, TQ6 0ES. T1: Elm - fell, succumbed to Dutch Elm Disease. Grant Exemption. New planning applications. o 0167/20/LBC Darling Cottage Manor Street Dittisham TQ6 0EX. Listed building consent for replacement windows. No comment. o 0586/20/LBC Ferry Boat Inn, Manor Street Dittisham TQ6 0EX. Listed Building Consent for installation of 2no. replacement oak lintels in first floor prep room. Support. Financial Matters The Financial Report showed a balance of £82,667.28 and unearmarked reserves of £27,306.69. Approved Expenditure · Websites, Hosting package, backups, updates 12 months, £120.00 · Tozer & Co printers, DSC permits, £219.28 · Maintenance contractor, Invoice for extra work requested, £326.11 · Clerk Expenses Reimbursement CE33 £74.94 and overtime claim DPC18 for ten hours in Jan. · Employment of a contractor to remove the post footings for the former cradle seat swing (£140) and clear the ditch on north side of car park where it has silted up, scrape edges of the car park and Ham Lane to find existing hard core, and to level the small site for installation of the new bench seat (£290). · Proposal to reinstall The Ham noticeboard on concrete spurs, at a cost of £54 plus one hour of maintenance contractor's time. · Programming both car park machines with DPC's VAT number (£220.68 VAT inclusive) · Basic check whether the Parish website meets the new international standard and to provide the information for the Accessibility Statement (£160). The Annual Parish Meeting was scheduled take place on 21 April, and the Annual Meeting of the Parish Council 6 May at 6:30 pm, immediately before the ordinary meeting. The next ordinary meeting was scheduled for Wednesday 1 April 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Full Minutes, Agendas, and Parish Council contact details are available at http://www.dittishamparish.co.uk and on The Level Parish Council noticeboard. Minutes are also placed in the Village Hall and contact details are also on the Capton noticeboard.

Dittisham WI 70th Birthday Celebration The Dittisham Women's Institute was founded in December 1949 by Mrs. Hilda Downing, and originally met in the Congregational Church Sunday School Room on The Level. At that time Dittisham Village Hall was the Village School. To celebrate our 70 years, we held a Celebration Birthday Party in the Village Hall on Wednesday 11th March. 24 members and 7 guests attended. The meeting opened with the singing of 'Jerusalem', accompanied by Penny Mathews on her flute. Members then gave short talks on each decade, with some interesting memorabilia on display. A delicious tea was provided by Jill Stevens, Jenny Sjoberg, Ginny Campbell and Marion Drescher. The birthday cake was Apologies for the WI Birthday not appearing in last made by Linda Irvine and cut by Sheila Fisher. Both Sheila month’s magazine as a pandemic was sprung upon us. Let Fisher and Judy Davey joined our Institute in 1987, sadly Judy us all look forward to the day we resume our seats at the was unable to attend. tea table. The beautiful table decorations provided by Janet Bootherstone and Tricia Hodson were given to members with a March Birthday. The President, Carolyn Hayward and all the committee would like to thank John Dittisham 100 Club Stothart for his help with the microphone and music system and Sallie Here are the winners of the April Draw:- Johnston and Dittisham V i l l a g e H a l l 1st Prize £50 Mr Vic Andrews M a n a g e m e n t 2nd Prize £30 Mrs Di Harvey Committee for their 3rd Prize £20 Mrs Amanda Willmott g e n e r o u s g i f t o f Prosecco. Also, thanks I hope all is well with you; stay healthy. to Ginny Campbell for taking photos to provide a record of this special Best wishes occasion. Peter Grime Notice Board

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